07/15/11 Family picnics are a regular happening at Fletcher Community Park, which serves residents of both southern Buncombe County as well as northern Henderson County.
07/15/11 A South Carolina committee declared there is a severe drought in Horry and Marion counties and upgraded four more counties in the central part of the state to a moderate drought Thursday.
07/14/11 Malcolm Xavier Aabid of Spring Lake has been named to the president's list at Barton College in Wilson. Douglas Stephens IV of Wade has been chosen to represent North Carolina on the Youth Leadership Council.
07/14/11 BROSSARD, Quebec - Erik Cole is looking forward to having Montreal Canadiens fans cheer his name instead of curse...
07/14/11 The City of Fairfax Economic Development Authority played host to a congratulatory event June 23 for two small businesses -- MediaForce PR and VECTARE -- to recognize their successful growth and expansion in recent years.
07/14/11 Jason Cuthbertson shot an opening round 63 to take a two shot lead at the inagural Cutter Creek Classic in Greene County. A stop on the NGA Hooters Pro Golf Tour.
07/14/11 Carvers Creek State Park north of Fayetteville and the Sandhills Game Land in Scotland County are gaining hundreds of acres with help from the Nature Conservancy.
07/14/11 Weekly Weather Summary: With the main storm track continuing over the northern half of the lower 48 States, high pressure over the southern Plains exacerbated the drought, keeping this area precipitation free and unseasonably hot (highs exceeding 110 deg F). Weak fronts stalled out across the Southeast, generating hit and miss showers and thunderstorms, with some locally heavy.
07/09/11 The construction of a Target store and a new road into the development off West Franklin Boulevard has transformed a steep Gastonia hillside in recent months, requiring massive amounts of dirt to be moved in the process. Now, environmental watchdogs...
07/08/11 The Hangman occupies a chilling place in the collective mindset of western civilization. For all too long, and far too often, the image of the "last person to let you down" permeated the idea of law and order in this nation and others. Whatever the reason, the idea of a verdict leading to the final dispensing of justice by an unknown individual took hold in modern culture. Eventually the ...
07/07/11 Brian Pellegrini had a combined 34 home runs and 89 RBI in two minor-league stops in 2009.
07/07/11 Hundreds participated in the 18th annual Kiwanis Firecracker 5K in Weaverville Monday morning. The first male finisher was Seth Hendler-Voss, 33, of Asheville, and the first female finisher was Sarah Jones, 20, of Asheville.
07/07/11 Triangle - SMITH Advertising, a fully integrated advertising and marketing agency, has been selected by the Spring Lake Chamber of Commerce to provide social media marketing and public relations services as part of the overall goal to develop and distribute current, relevant information and establish the Spring Lake brand.
07/06/11 First in a series: Cheating in college football isn't as bad as ever -- it just seems that way. Dennis Dodd says the spike in negative news begs the question: Are running a clean program and winning titles mutually exclusive?
07/06/11 A former North Carolina football player has filed a lawsuit against the school and the NCAA, seeking reinstatement after being declared permanently ineligible for academic misconduct.
07/01/11 Wednesday June 29, 2011 WASHINGTON (AP) -- The world's climate is not only continuing to warm, it's adding heat-trapping greenhouse gases even faster than in the past, researchers said Tuesday. Indeed, the global temperature has been warmer than the 20th century average every month for more than 25 years, they said at a teleconference.
07/01/11 Valda Sarty, owner of Elements Salon and Wellness Spa in Wenatchee, and her team members Jessica Jarett, Andrea Hen, Danielle Babst, Jacob Holmer and Jenelle Esparza all attended a Dermalogica product workshop in Renton. Jason Jablonski of SET Coaching and Black Diamond Sports Therapy in Wenatchee attended an intensive two-day Ret?l University Bike Fit certification class in Denver, Colo ...
07/01/11 Cumberland County would be split into new congressional districts, according to a redistricting plan released Friday. The new maps push the 7th District, served by Democrat Rep. Mike McIntyre, out of Cumberland County.
06/30/11 We were headed to that mythical land where the girls are sweet as soda pop and the dirt's too rocky to grow corn. If you're going to hike to Rocky Top in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, it helps to like the famous fight song because, guaranteed, it's going to be playing in your head the whole way.
06/29/11 Children take part last year in the North Carolina Arboretum's week-long summer Citizen Science Camp. The N.C. Arboretum, which offers many programs for all ages, celebrates its 25th anniversary starting Friday. | 
